Arms embargo
A ban or restriction on transferring weapons and military equipment to a country, group, or party.
An arms embargo is a restriction or outright ban on the transfer of weapons and military equipment to a specific country, group, or party. Embargoes can be mandatory or voluntary and are imposed by individual governments, by regional bodies such as the European Union, or by the United Nations Security Council, whose embargoes are binding on all UN member states.
An embargo can cover finished weapons, components, ammunition, dual-use goods, training, and the financing or logistics that move them. Enforcement depends on the authority that imposes it and on the export-control systems of the states involved. Campaigns for an arms embargo on a particular conflict typically call on governments to halt licenses and shipments, and on the workers and companies along the supply chain to stop handling the cargo.
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